Communication Rights In Africa Emerging Discourses And Perspectives Tendai Chari Ufuoma Akpojivi by Tendai Chari & Ufuoma Akpojivi 9781000954975, 1000954978 instant download after payment.

This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses
around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be
considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa., Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the
volume considers what constitutes communication rights in Africa, who
should protect them, against whom, and how communication rights relate
to broader human rights. While the case studies highlight the variation in
communicative rights experiences between countries, they also coalesce
around common tropes and practices for the implementation and expression
of communication rights. Deploying a variety of innovative theoretical
and methodological approaches, the chapters scrutinise different facets of
communication rights in the context of both offline and digital communication
realities. The contributions provide illuminating accounts on language rights,
digital exclusion, digital activism, citizen journalism, media regulation and
censorship, protection of intellectual property rights, politics of mobile data,
and politicisation of social media. This is the first collection to consider communication in Africa using
a rights-based lens. The book will appeal to researchers, academics,
communication activists, and media practitioners at all levels in the fields
of media studies, journalism, human rights, political science, public
policy, as well as general readers who are keen to know about the status
of communication rights in Africa.